THE PROJECT · CHAPTER 2
Plastic from the Ocean
The plastic Zouri shoes are made from does not come from a supplier. It comes from the beach.
20+ tonnes
of plastic taken off the Portuguese coast.
3,000+
volunteers at our beach clean-ups.
660,000+
plastic bottles removed to date.
1 · Collect
Clean-ups along the Portuguese coast
We organise collections with local institutions, non-governmental organisations and schools. More than 3,000 volunteers have joined us.
2 · Sort
From waste to raw material
The collected plastic is sorted and treated. Only then can it be useful again — and stop being a problem.
3 · Transform
Soles made from ocean plastic
At the factory, the plastic is built into the soles of our footwear. Every pair of Zouri sandals takes the equivalent of 8 plastic bottles out of the ocean.
Knowing where it came from
With every pair we send the materials used and the place where the plastic was collected. It is not a badge or a promise: it is the origin, in writing.